Preheating device



May 8, 1923. 1,454,318

C. O. ERICKSON PREHEATING DEVICE Filed Jan. 23 1922 I]? ply/22 w: [Zr] 4 Erin r 012 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL O.

Application filed January 523,

1. 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CARL O citizen of the United States re Paul in the county of Minnesota, have invented oer-Lei useful improvements in Prehea oi. Which the follow My invention re heating the gas inixtui i cylinders of an internal 801i o from an attached cerhretor, ing, particularly, to provide improved elect icell; energizz to be disposed between tie ca manifold, (to-operating means with the pro-heating element be for breaking up th gas mixture ing in the eiliciency of the hen T 0 this end my invention con 4, features of construction l iereinntter more particularly descrioed draw ievice in e evation.

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for use with the containing ports portly broken away.

Referring to the drawings supporting plate for my device so secured between the formed respectively upon the e os o the huretor outlet l i 1 let pipe 5, the openings 6 thro openings 7 in the flanges the o? curing bolts may he passed. Arrei neoth the plate A is the (warm y supporting spiral. coil 8, hare of the spiral COll extending throu insuietim 2) 1 J I! fitted in on opening in the plate A.

r t rho inper of the girel coil anchor d overhanging top of ev bracket l0 upon the plate A.

Rotatohly supported between the plat and the overhsingingtop of the or clzet and surrounding the coil 8, is i ine; vice made up of e plurality n 1-, of blades connected at their upper ends to 2. plate 152 end at their lower ends to a plate 3.30

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rel coil constitutes a and the insulation 9 the spiral constitutes a )porting piste i of the plate 3 carries a conducting connected to a source oi elecuiogs in upon oppool the cent r her 16, through which will pass from the cord' vice is 13f med hctween the '1 Figure 3. with ii and mixer proid nice.

( rticulzirly, adapted oui'ioniohile enthe starting of the engine,

h by gore-heating the vapor j it in a condition for p t GXPiOSlOn through the current ordisupplied tl rough the spark plugs.

no ticulor advantage o't n1 construcie (so-operative relationship of the blades and heating coil. The gas ussiugz, as it does, through the Le n he caught by the blades,

1; of the gas and :1 circulat- J r snot mixed condition around the con to secure the most eiiicient hosting of the n combination with u carburetor outini' old inlet. :1 ocr'torotcd olatc I i l the some, on electric etvveen it mounted upon said. plate and g into the manifold inlet and r0- ioounted mixing blades (5 and exten ng forwardly alongside comhi.

tion with :1v c rhurctor outrn r , n. peuorited plate 1119 on electric conl upon said plate and into the QQZlTlll'QlCl inlet. mixing arranged 

